Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Ambedkar Nagar is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Voting in Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency held in the sixth phase was on May 12 and counting is on May 23.

In the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, 54 percent polling was reported in 14 constituencies.

Mukut Bihari of Bharatiya Janata Party, Ritesh Pandey of Bahujan Samaj Party and Ayodhya of Bharat Prabhat Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Mukut Bihari	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Ritesh Pandey	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Ayodhya	Bharat Prabhat Party
4	Ashutosh	Moulik Adhikar Party
5	Parshuram Patel	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
6	Premnath Nishad	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
7	Mastram Kori	Swatantra Jantaraj Party
8	Rakesh	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
9	Ram Singar	Voters Party International
10	Sushila Dinkar	Bahujan Mukti Party
11	Taigar Ramnihor Patel 'Ratnashah'	Independent

Ambedkar Nagar parliamentary constituency comprises of five assembly segments namely Goshainganj, Katehari, Tanda, Jalalpur and Akbarpur. 

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party's Hari Om Pandey won the seat by a margin of 139429 votes.

While Hari Om Pandey bagged 432104 votes, Bahujan Samaj Party's Rakesh Pandey stood at the second spot with 2,92,675 votes.